Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-08-21


Ia annnnnasmenk in thls eoluun
TUESDAY, q shs be1inninG q Ane censssl
fer eouffos ef the Northern Raelne. e
ths annual meeting nexa mont1, %
swesn the present mAnAzems14 $40 90
party headed By Elijah emita, US 1el-
Iowed By . eommuninataon mo@ ear
respeDdsnf. who made . PEA tn sAser
a. the oppusifion and aKEAiRne1 me
= .aannaenenk. Prssidsnf Haxxil
of IT. Northern PaciHe answers l1l1
Observation-Disclosures. ard. oaminQ fEo@ hlm.
tbia sfnteusnt of the eage from tne 20
-;sInr ~ - u,anaRement b of much IN
tersat AZ this TINA, whea TIE contest Tor
control IL uaGinR warmly. kresloani
~ 40 ~ Fs.anciul Kditor q tAs Trsns-
erfrf. Perhaps / can answer the Qnea-
sion az vour coEEssp1ndena H in Jour
nar-.r AZ the 98h, what have The pres
ens ofseia;s Of the NorfhsRB Paei6e done
u neris the eonfinusd oonlldenoe o. the
skoekhoIdsrsP rsply that they haye
unaT,aped TIA Affairs OF the company N
the inferest Of an The seockholdsEa in
elndinr that az tie Oregon 4 Traneeon-
sinartel OIomuanv. is iarRekt stockhold-
-. iust 20 far Is the interest," Of the Ore
son & Trnusoonfinsntal Company has
ne.n in fke lima Of that Of the Northern
Pacific. II the Oregon & TFansoouti-
neptaI Compsny we're not larger stock
hoIder in the Oregon Railway 4 Nayi-
cation than in the Northern Pacific.
there would have been no complaint
from that company, either aboat the re-
fnaaI 81 Che Northern RactGe 10 Join
TIE Union Pacific In the Lease Of the
Oreoon Railway q Navigation 81 the
high rate Of QuaEantee or IN puahinR 20
compIetion the Cascade Branch.
~If will be interesting 10 your read
ara. who are stockholders IN the North
exu Pacific. and Who have been told
from time 10 time that the building Of
TIE Cascade Branch vas far IN advance
Of he legitimate needs, 10 learn that ell
the diFeotors, with the exception OF the
representative Of the Oregon and
Tfanscoutinental Company, have been
IN favor Of its construction. and that no
protest hiss coma from any stOokholder,
except thoee having an interest Ia the
Oracon and Traneconkinentai, OF the
Oregon Railway & Navigation Company.
They will also be Rratified 30 learn that
the COMPANY has earned By the con-
struction Of the Cascade Branch about
5000 900 acres Of land embracing coal
ReIds Of great extent and superior
quality, large beds Of the best iron ore
Ia the country, and vast forests Of the
finest timber In the world, whieh, To-
QesheR With the agricultural lands 90,
duirsd, viii make the eventual cost OF
that section Of the road not only less
| than the cost Of any other piece Of road
of the same length, but which will soon
have q larger and much more profitable
business than any other portion OF the
line.
"Ths construction Of the Cascade
| Branch has greatly stimulated the settle
ment Of ell parts of Washington
Territory, as vas expected. The sale OF
kthe eompany's lands In that Territory
| Il greater at present than all the rest OF
the road together.
"If there has been strife, Il is because
the protection Of the interests OF the
Northern Pacific Company against those
opposed to il has made it necessary.
'sIf the present officials are supported
by the stockholders, they will continue
their efforts to promote she interest OF
the company and to harmonic those
interests with those Of the adjacent and
connecting properties TO the fullest ex-
tent that q proper regard for the inter
| est Of the Northern Pacific Company
will permit" RoBERT HARRIS.
NEw YoRx, August IL, 1887.